Tee-forming device



Sept. s, 1925; 1,552,889

' J. soss TEE FORMING" DEVI CE Fil ed July 2a, 1923 IN VEN TOR A TTORNEYS Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,552,889 PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH soss, or naoox'mm, new roux.

TEE-FORMING DEVICE.

Application filled July 28, 1928. Serial No. 858,127.

. ToaZZ whom concern:

Be it known'that I, J osarn Sees, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tee-Forming Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for formin what are known as tees inteeing up a ba 1 in the game of golf, and the object of the invention isto provide a device of this class which will facilitate the formationof,

- vide a device of the class referred to which will form a substantialbody for teeing a golf ball and retaining the golf ball in predeterminedposition and against collapsing or movement especially when the ball issubjected to strong winds; and with these and other objects in view theinvention consists in a device of the class and for the purposespecified which is simple in construction and operation and efficient inuse, and which is constructed as herelnafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following s ecification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one formof my improved tee forming device illustrating the method of its use;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal artial sectional view through the device 5 ownin Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a (plan .view of the device shown in Figs. 1 an 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through a tee formed b In}; improved deviceand showing a golf ba supported thereon Fig. 5 shows t e teeillustrated'inFig. 4

at 10 one form of mg on a golf course, t

in a depressed position with a golf ball mounted thereon; and,

Fig. 6 is a side view of a modified form of device which I employ.

In Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, I have shown im roved tee comprising aconical cup-s a e body 11 enclosed at its upper end as s own at 12 andprovided wlth a radially extending handle member 13, and the cross head12 is provided with an upwardly directed sleeve portion 14.

All of the above named artsare preferably formed integral and may becast, forged or otherwise formed and, in practice, the cross head 12 isprovided with an aperture 15 which opens into the sleeve portion 14 andmounted in the aperture 15 is a stem 16 \of a plunger 17 which istapered to fit in the tapered ore 18 of the cup-shaped body 11, and thestem 16 is provided at its outer end with an enlarged cylindrical head'19 against which a spiral spring 20, mounted within the sleeve 14,operates to normally hold the plunger 17 in a raised and seatedposition. The lower face of the plunger 17 is preferably convex in formas shown at 21, and the eriphery of the lunger is flared outwardly anddownwar ly as shown at 22 to form. a shar edge on said plun er tofacilitate the c eaning out of the ho y of sand, gravel or the like 23in the formation of a tee 24 as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

In the use of in improved device the handle member 13 1s asped by thehand of the operator and t e cup-shaped body 11 is passed into the sandin the usual sand boxes provided adiflcent to the driving tees e lowerface of the cupshaped body is preferably ressed against one of the wallsof the sand x or bones to firmly compress a body of sand or similarmaterial used in teeing up a ball in the on shaped body 11 as shown inFig. 2 of t e drawing, after which the thumb is placed upon the enlargedand protrudin -cylindrical portion 19 of the stem 16 of the plunger, andthe lower face of the cup-shaped.

body 11 is placed slightly above the drivln tee where it is desired totee up the ba at which time, the thumb of the hand is pressed downwardlto correspondingly move the plunger 1 which operation will. release thebody 23 of sand or similar material, and the same will drop upon andrest on the driving tee in substantially the position shown in Fi 4 ofthe drawing, and the convex face 0 the plunger forms a concave top 25 onthe tee body 24, and this face forms a seat for the golf ball 26 shownin said figure.

From the foregoing it will be ap arent that by providing a given chamber1n the bottom face of the cup-shaped body 11 and below the lower face ofthe plunger 17, when in its seated position, a golf ball may be teed upa definite predetermined height at all times. If for any reason itshould be desired to lower the teein up of the ball this result may beaccomp ished by simpl pressing downwardly on the ball 26 WlllC willflatten out the tee body 24 substantially as shown at 27 in Fig. 5 ofthe drawin butas the device may be made up in di erent sizes, eachindividual or player may have a device which will tee up a ball to suithis method of playing the game.

Aside from the fact that my improved device will facilitate theformation of a substantial and uniform tee at all times, I eliminate theinconvenience and objectionable feature of forming the tee by hand whichis the common practice, which results in the soiling of the hands aswell as the clothing or apparel of the player in endeavoring to free hisor her hands of the sand or other material used for teeing pu oses.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing have shown a modification in which thecup-shaped body .11, sleeve portion 14, and plunger and the other partsmounted in connection therewith are exactly the same as that shown inFigs..1 to 3 inclusive, and substituted for the handle member 13'are twooppositely disposed curved finger pieces 28 which extend from the. topcross head portion 12 of the body 11, and Ialso employ two op site- 1ydisposed feet members 29 whic are curved downwardly and outwardly andextend from the lower portion of the body 11, and with this form ofconstruction two of the fingers of a hand are placed beneath the fingermembers-28 and the thumb of the hand is placed upon the cylindricalportion 19 and inplacing the body 23 upon a driving tee the device isfirst place upon the V tee, or with the foot members 29 resting plungeris pressed thereon, after which the downwardly by the thum the purposeofthe foot members is to space the lower face of the cupshaped body 11from the face ofthe driving tee in order that the teeing up body 24 maybe dropped a short distance onto the driving tee and this constructionwill avoid the faulty manipulation of the device and, if desired, thefoot members 29 may be used in connection with the device shown in Figs.1 to 3 inclusive for the same purpose.

It will be understood that while I have of the hand and shown a specificform of construction for carrying my invention into effect, Iam notnecessarily limited thereto, as any suitable:

device in which a body of sand or similar material may be collected anddischarged to form a teeing up body may be employed togcther with anysuitable means for holding the device in the operation of placing thesand body therein and discharging the same therefrom, and variouschanges in and mod itications of the construction herein shown anddescribed may be made, within the scope of the a pended claims, withoutdeparting from t e spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described comprising a cup-shaped memberprovided with a tapered bore, a plunger tapered to seat in said bore ina predetermined position,

said plunger being provided with .a part protruding through said memberwhereby the same may be actuated and the lower face of said plungerbeing convex in form, and the periphe y of the lower edge of the plungerbeing fla ed outwardly and downwardly to form a sharp edge.

2; A device of the class described comprising a cup-shaped memberprovided with a tapered bore, a plunger taered to seat in said bore in apredetermine position, said plun er being provided with a partprotruding t rough said member whereby the same may be actuated, thelower face of said plunger being convex in form, the periphery of thelower edge of the plunger being flared outwardly and downwardly to forma sharp edge, and tensional means for holding the plunger normallyseated in the bore ofsaid member.

3. A device of the class described comprising a cup-shaped memberprovided with a tapered bore, a plunger tapered to seat in said bore 111a predetermined position, said plunger being provided with a partprotruding through said member whereby the same ma beactuated, the lowerface of said plunger ing convex in form the riphery of the lower edge ofthe plunger beiiig flared outwardly and downwardly to form a sharp 5. Adevice of the class described comprising a cup-shaped member providedwith a tapered bore, a plunger having a comparatively wide tapered faceadapted to seat in said bore in a predetermined position, the lower faceof said plunger being convex in form and the periphery of the lower edgeof said plunger being flared outwardly and downwardly to form a sharpedge, and members projecting beyond the lower end of said cup member toprovide means for spacing the discharge end of the bore a predetermineddistance above a surface in the opera tion of the device.

6. A device of the class described comprising a substantiaIly'cup-shapedmember having a tapered bore which 'opens outwardly through one end ofsaid member, said end of the member being provided with parts projectingbeyond the bore thereof and adapted to be placed on a predeterminedsurface to space the end of the bore a predetermined distance from saidsurface.

7. A device of the class described comprising a substantially cup-shapedmember having a tapered bore which opens outwardly through one end ofsaid member, said end of the member being provided with inde pendentparts projecting therefrom and i adapted to be placed on a predeterminedsurface to space the end of the bore a predetermined distance from saidsurface, and means seating in the bore of said cup-shaped member fordischarging a body of pre determined-material placed in said bore,therefrom.

'8. A device of the class described comprising a substantiallycup-shaped member having a tapered bore which opens outwardly throughone end of said member, said end of the member being provided withindependent parts projecting therefrom and adapted to be placed on apredetermined surface to space the end of the bore a pre-- determineddistance from said surface,

1y through one end of said member, said end, of the member beingprovided with parts projecting therefrom and adapted to be placed'on apredetermined surface to space.

the end of the bore a predetermined distance from said. surface, meansseating in the bore of said cup-shaped member for discharging a body ofpredetermined material placed in said bore, therefrom, said meansinvolving a plunger, tensional means for normally holding said plungerin a seated position, asuitable end piece for said cup-shaped member,and the lower end of said plunger being convex in form and provided atthe periphery with an outwardly and downwardly flared sharp edge.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname this- 20th day of July 1923.

JOSEPH SOSS.

